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Exclusive: NSF watchdog unit is no longer investigating research misconduct
New policy hands universities the reins in probing allegations against faculty
Brain mapping effort searches for roots of Parkinson’s and other diseases
Allen Institute initiative aims to capture earliest cellular changes and identify new drug targets
Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground
New declaration argues the technology jeopardizes the field’s values and culture
Doubling down on controversial claims, Microsoft accelerates quantum computing plans
Company says its improved topological qubits will lead to a practical machine in 3 years—as critics scoff
How Europe hopes to lure foreign researchers with massive new grants
Maria Leptin, president of the European Research Council, on supergrants, AI-generated submissions, and the agency’s future
Desperate to fight Ebola outbreak, Congo weighs using longshot vaccine options
Existing vaccines may offer some protection against the rare strain now circulating—but the evidence is scant
Court blocks NSF’s transfer of climate lab’s supercomputing facility
Proposed switch in management caused irreparable harm to NCAR, judge finds
Exclusive: HHS is now weighing in on science in NIH grants
Staffers say comments coming after NIH’s own approvals are overriding peer review
Brazil’s ‘rolling stone reefs’ teem with hidden diversity, DNA reveals
Vast offshore habitats face threats including mining, trawling, and drilling for oil
‘That could be a game changer’: antiviral pill gets first test for Ebola prevention
Researchers are preparing to launch an unprecedented trial to protect people exposed to Ebola in the DRC and Uganda
White House seeks to tighten political oversight of grantmaking
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
New drug ‘functionally cures’ many hepatitis B virus infections
GSK’s “bepi” performs better than expected in efficacy trials, but its global impact is likely limited
‘Mind-blowing’: Iron-rich immune cells help homing pigeons navigate
New study identifies a surprising mechanism for sensing Earth’s magnetic field
Surveys capture the pulsing of mantle plumes—a potential cause of mass extinctions
Seismic imaging and drilling cruises bolster a controversial explanation for ancient surges in warming
Lawmakers propose banning all U.S.-Chinese research collaborations
Critics say bill would weaken U.S. science by cutting flows of ideas and talent
Some spinosaurs cried salty tears to thrive in brackish waters
Fossil evidence suggests some predatory dinosaurs could expel salt from their bloodstream like modern birds and crocodiles do
Wikipedia’s gender gap has flipped for one group of scientists
A new study finds women biology faculty are now more likely than men to have a biography on the popular website
Outdoor lights may be making mosquito season longer
Artificial light at night delays winter “shutdown” of mosquitoes carrying disease
Can fast, nimble clinical trials deliver a drug for the new Ebola outbreak?
Past outbreaks spawned clever strategies for testing antivirals and antibodies, but researchers will still face major challenges on the ground
It’s official: Europe physicists plan to build 91-kilometer particle collider
The $19 billion Future Circular Collider would build on results from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, currently the world’s largest
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